Some European countries are
beginning to propose a strategy to end the abuse of
alcohol. This idea consists in a minimum price for
alcohol based on an amount per unit of alcohol contained. Not
only wine: spirits and beer are all in.

This proposal aims to reduce crime rates in many
areas as it has been discovered that they are closely related to
excessive intake of alcohol in its different variants.

In Scandinavian countries these kinds of measures were
introduced a long time ago, but the driving motivation
was somewhat different. The Nordic countries in their struggle to
improve the health of the general population and at the same
time, reduce healthcare costs entailed by unhealthy lifestyles,
have established a tax on those products that are detrimental to
health.

This group includes alcoholic beverages of
course, but also tobacco and food products with high fat
content, such as snacks, candy and bakery products of various
kinds.

At the same time, in this package of measures which
advocates healthy living foresaw a drop in prices of
healthier products, such as fruit, so they are available
to the household economy of most of the people.

Whatever the reason, it seems that the measure is
progressing in all places where it gets implemented and,
despite the initial reaction, the end consumers will end up
adapting to changing times.

Not surprisingly, the tax burden or the minimum price to
be based on the percentage of alcohol, as for example,
when trading with wine and determine the price of transport
depending on which places, you have to apply a formula that
multiplies the alcoholic degrees by the corresponding index that
is regulated for that particular destination. Thus, in the
international freight we find that rates for wine which have long
been organized around the alcohol content of the product.

Who pays the increase in either case is the final consumer who
sees the difference reflected on the purchase ticket and
will have to be content with less for the
same.
Wine lovers who want to get a good hold, should begin acquiring
pieces for their collection before that any of these new laws put
the price of each bottle up.